The collapse of Iran’s regional influence in 2025 has opened up a new spectrum of potential conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon that will define 2026. The new year in the Middle East has seen ...

British forces on Saturday joined their American allies in new attacks against militia in Yemen. The U.S. military earlier launched strikes on dozens of sites manned by Iran-backed fighters in western ...

President Donald Trump declared in his first term that the Islamic State group was defeated and that U.S. troops would leave Syria. This weekend, a gunman linked to the Islamic State group killed two ...

Amid record journalist deaths in Gaza, Syria, and Yemen, GCHR warns impunity is deepening repression and calls for urgent measures to protect free expression. This statement was originally published ...

Multiple, intersecting Middle East crises combined with an unpredictable United States augur a tumultuous 2026 for the region ...

The December 2024 fall of the Bashar al-Assad government marks a historic turning point for Syria, and after decades of atrocities, potentially for justice. Despite extensive information and evidence ...

Syrian security officers at their graduation ceremony in Damascus in February.Credit...David Guttenfelder/The New York Times Supported by By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Aleppo, Idlib and Damascus, ...

The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country. By Jin Yu Young Three ...